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Documents: Ex-P&G employee stole $450K

Prosecutors say a former Procter & Gamble employee stole nearly half a million dollars from the company over six years.

Susan M. Ruhe worked as an executive assistant in the global beauty care business development group. According to court documents, she used corporate checks to make payments on her personal credit cards and used a corporate credit card to pay personal expenses.

The loss to P&G totaled $454,000, the documents say. The documents list one check written for $18,475.

Ruhe worked for the company for nearly 24 years beginning in 1989, according to charges filed last week in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati. She left the company in June 2013. The documents say the scheme lasted from 2007 until June 2013.

Ruhe, who is charged with bank fraud, has agreed to plead guilty, records show. A formal plea hearing has not been scheduled.

To hide her scheme, court documents say Ruhe used the email account of a P&G executive to approve her requests for corporate checks. She also created fictitious invoices to serve as supporting documentation for her fraudulent check requests.

Ruhe's primary duties, according to court documents, were executive travel planning, expense reporting and scheduling. She was given a company Citibank card to use for business expenses.